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package org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin;

import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Graph;

import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Inherited;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * The GraphProvider instance that will be used to generate a Graph instance.
 *
 * @author Stephen Mallette (http://stephen.genoprime.com)
 */
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
@Inherited
public @interface GraphProviderClass {
    /**
     * The class of the {@link Graph} that will be returned by the {@link GraphProvider}
     */
    public Class<? extends Graph> graph();

    /**
     * The class of the {@link GraphProvider} implementation to use to generate the {@link Graph} specified by
     * {@link #graph()}
     */
    public Class<? extends GraphProvider> provider();
}
